New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-13
ELEVATED RAILROAD.
A HEARING YESTERDAY AT ALBANY.
ARGUMENT BEFORE the SENATE RAILROAD CON-

MITTEE ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT BILL
.IBANY, April 1.-THE Senate Railroad Committee
listened for nearly three hours to-day to arguments
for and against tho Metropolitan Transit Companys
bill for an elevated railroad in Broadway. The most
prominent feature in the hearing was the presence OF
delegation OF propety-owners above Fnty-nlnh-st anu
west of Central Park, who were solidy III IaNor Oh
the project. These were Charles f. Whitehead Law
son ~ Fuller, Richard Deeves, James Culgn, j. W.
Pratt, ]. J. Dunn, walter W. Montague, William IL.
McCord Lawrence Killey, James Kelley, Alexander
McSorley David Thornton representing T. Farley ana
NJ. Brennan. builders; John S. Avery, Andrew Powell,
and James Purcell.
Colonel George Bliss represented the Metropolitan
Transit Company. He made set argument, how
ever about all the points he hid prepared were
put forward by the propery-owners, and so he con-
fined himself to putting tangling questions to Edward
Lauterbach, opponent who acknowledged that he
appeared in the triple capacity Of representative Oh
the Vandenburg underground railway charter, the
Third Avenue Surface Railway Company, ana the cape
road In Onehundred-aDd-twenty-f and Fourth
ave- Melville @. Smith, the general manager OF the
Arcade Underground Railway; E. s. Austin its sccre-
tary and Randolph Parmly, secretary OF Henry G.
Marouand constituted the rest Of the opposition.
Ex-senator Thomae, the attorney OF tho Arcade, was
absent because Of Illness that Mr. smith ASKED ior
q further hearing to which Colonel Bliss OBJECTED on
the ground that Arcade had had six weeks notice
Of the hearing and could readily have obtained
another counsel to represent them
ave desire that the opponents Of this bill should
be fully heard" said Colonel Bliss, land rather than
have any delay In the consideration Of the measure we
viii do talking ourselves"
"WeII wish to state" said Mr.. Smith, "that the
enterprise would destructive to the Arcade Railway
Therefore, justice to that corporation ask time for
o further hearing"
81 predicted six weeks ago." said Mr.. Bliss, shat
the Arcade Railway Company would seek to defeat
this measure by delay, and that La what they are
trying to do now"
nj ho mo
action on Mr.. Smiths request for another hearing
Senator Low, turning to his associates, said: II
have received several letters from property-owners
on Broadway Directing to the building of this road.
1 have letter also from Mayor Hewitt about tho
road"
printed in The TRIBUNE Senator Low continuing his
statement. said: al have also letter from e. A.
protss agan 1sso Il the
Henry G Manuand who owns the Guernsey T Building
"WeI SENATOR" said Colonel Bliss. 81 have here
petition Of rs business men s Of BrOadTay Asking
In an hour on Saturday forenoon"
RandGph prm s waO that said that be seeTe
that an elevated road would darkcn the windows OF
ss oss. R sSu S Of se 9 the
banking property would be great
would be n IN Rro sn and would ony
temporarily lessen the crush on the other elevated
It Was baby I railroad conpared With the Arcade
Railway which proposed TO add story TO Broadway
The legislature has given large privileges Only year
ago to the Arcade road ADO not assassinatc your
child" said Mr.. Smith, "bcfore it has shown that it is
OF royal birth"
Assistant Corporation Counsel Scott said:
All have to DO said in few words What said
] sas part S o.
waited road until 1t ha. been aempnsassd that other
B ssn there are % @os peo %
T to 1sf by ss c I TSs tia, pg s
wOn draw large n%%Ie. Of o from The Broad
We ;naII GET $4,000 s5 g tsS Tl. BT"aavsy
gross receipts The present charter this road provides for
:, high tate Q, fares cents for three miles
for think that this road should be limited 10
y sss s a sses on s
bill Il majority Of the property owner, favor il fndivd
ea The Be
for the %s OF BISsnT his pces Of rap transit give the
city the relief it desires
senator Lowwould not the people leave the SIXTH and
Third ns eS wo but s
would he less on all the roads
under charter Those win
that the public will them in tins matter
Lawson n Fuller then appealed TO the committee to
report the bill favorsbly He said he lived in Onehun
dred- fifty sxth-st. and would welcome any kind Of
rapid transit road, whether elevated or underground
He said:
canse we needit After Broadway surface road win
arcsas railroad after has fought through
sSs
sn t'a a x
Win
e @
Us lie elevated road with tho
'S Mr. Fniier"No sir will road pleas
air bn need al these road. hate
see ISss s Wt 1ns s THEA Fl
s Il a sS
their place; q Let =: have this ,
The pressure read. be snli
Mi. smth,Bpt yonr road would KIN the Arcade Railway
YSa Soss &Hd
the at.
crowded not that show that we must have more rapid
fs. several year. have
sTs That al 0r s streets
the elevated benefit and have raised The
Ct s' psi iss ia
PRESENTLY hsvs 100000 people who win Want
AND S % n scs s have 70 d% nor
roads This surface roaa has brought
many Of The property
Richard Deeves builder representing westsde prop
erty owners said that the overcrowded condition Of the
elevated roads getting dangerous to the public vel
fare It was evident that the elevated roads doing
all that they could transport but that their
facilities inadequate. This scheme OF the elevated
road on Broadway seemed the best mehodo getting the
relief desired The methods Of building elevated roads
had improved 10 the last five years Broadway road
will be built better than the old great rapid
transit railroad ought to be built to transport the work
ingmen in aud out OF New-York The Arcade railway
could be built aso. 80 |
James Cagin q west side property owner urged that
the elevated road should be built In the interest Of
Broad way and the northwest part Of the island
Edward Iauterbach representing, he said the cable
road in One humid and twenty hfh-st dBd Tenthave
also the Third Avenue road and the Central Under
ground Railroad Company opposed the bill because the
proposed elevated road would run Mr. Lauterbachs
road in Tenth-ave 1--WE need more rapid transit OK
claimed Mr. Lauterbach "but something OF asthetc1sm
and should Observed and BIosdws should
be preserved The Arcade road is not necessary rep
resent Central Underground Railroad which will do
no harm to Broadway as It does elsewhere"
Mr. Fuler-Nonsense What 10 that roadf The Van Am.
burgh- kind OF enagerie. II wants something
BrOadMaY What